- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books; 1 edition (Sep 15 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811843521
- ISBN-13: 978-0811843522
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 18.1 x 2.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #369,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
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In Griffin and Sabine creator Bantock's latest mix of story and art, Ana, a spirited young woman with a passion for dance, awakens on the morning of her wedding with a sense of dread. She is betrothed to Marco, and the wedding will mean that Ana's people, the Capolan, will abandon their nomadic ways and settle in a lush valley. Both Ana and her grandfather believe doing so would be a mistake, and when a storm breaks out during the wedding, she decides to run away and seek Felix Bulerias, the famed dance instructor her grandfather believes can help her convince the Capolans that the wedding plans are a mistake. Ana journeys to the town of Sedona, where she meets four very different men: the seductive Boreos, the dreamy Zephyr, the wise Mr. Hamattan, and the heroic Sirocco. Ana is drawn to all four for different reasons, but she gradually discovers their motives for befriending her are suspect. With lush, rich writing and beautiful illustrations on each page, Bantock and coauthor Ponti weave a mythological tale. Kristine Huntley
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Book Description
With the same romance and drama that put his Griffin & Sabine novels on the New York Times bestseller list for over 100 weeks, read by over three million readers worldwide, author and artist Nick Bantock tells the intriguing story of a woman who must fight for her people's way of life. In a Capolan caravan camp, a young dancer named Ana is betrothed to a fine man she doesn't love. Torn, she flees in search of the elusive Felix, who has answers she seeks. But the unseemly attentions of four unusual men lure Ana into unimaginable directions-and unlock a powerful sensuality. Decorated with a four-colour frieze along the bottom of each spread, Windflower is written with writer, director and actor Edoardo Ponti, the son of Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti. Ponti is also adapting the novel as a screenplay.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty book, awful story,
By SJ "addicted2books" (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Windflower: A Novel (Hardcover)
It started out promising, but I quickly became annoyed with the seemingly clueless Ana and the many men in her life. I would have given the book three stars, but the ending pretty much ruined it for me. I would sum it all up as pretty cover, but nothing really worth reading on the inside.
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3.4 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Huge disappointment,
By Katja Adams "Avid reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windflower: A Novel (Hardcover)
I'm a fan of anything Nick Bantock and had looked forward to this one for quite a while. I even ordered it early, to get it as soon as it was released. The story starts off being readable and interesting, with quite a few sensual moments, but the ending is a huge let-down. It also does not have the usual images I've come to expect from a Bantock book. Some of them felt recycled from previous works and none of them had much to do with the story. They just sort of made the pages pretty, if you can even claim that. I'd much rather read The Venetian's Wife for the fifth time, than read this one (again).
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
something different,
By jeannie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windflower: A Novel (Hardcover)
This is a departure from Nick Bantock's previous published work, in that the incredible images are drawn with words with only an intimation of artwork here. All the mystery and attention to detail is still present though, and the story has a different kind of depth and complexity, one that draws the reader in and evokes its pictures in the consciousness of the reader as the words unfold. This is a very lush, haunting, gorgeous story, a kind of hero's (heroine's) journey, beautifully written and quite inspiring. I do love Nick Bantock's artwork, and I also love his storytelling. This book shifts the balance toward the storytelling aspect and does so beautifully.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A big departure from Bantock's previous works,
By Z Hayes - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windflower: A Novel (Hardcover)
Having been a great fan of Bantock's previous works such as The Griffin and Sabine series, and more recently, The Venetian's Wife, I pounced on this book when I found it at my local library. Unfortunately, it was far from what I expected. This is purely a novel with nicely illustrated pages, but the illustrations do little to tell the story, they are merely there as embellishments. Here, it is the words that tell you the story, unlike his previous works where the illustrations 'speak' to you. None of that here. The cover is most appealing, portraying a beautiful woman & the story is about a woman's quest for self-discovery. Ana belongs to a nomadic tribe, the Capolan, and is promised in marriage to a man she doesn't love. This leads her to take the drastic step of leaving, to seek answers to the questions she has. The story itself is well-told, but seriously, as a long-time Bantock fan, I'd rather he stick to his tried-and-true medium of reaching out to readers than efforts like this. His gift is in giving voice to his illustrations, and this just isn't that.
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